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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: 'British'?? #121931 02/03/04 09:30 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland H hibernicus journeyman hibernicus journeyman H Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland Zed sez: "There is no Canadian equivilant that I can think of to the American vowel in roof." Loofa? as in the sponge? I think the American pronunciation of "roof" that Zed is referring to uses the same vowel as "book". I don't know how widespread this is, but that is how Oliver Hardy pronounced it. I say "roof" using the same vowel as "root", which is pretty standard this side of the water. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Sun shone like Gould dxb 02/02/04 12:45 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould wwh 02/02/04 12:53 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould TEd Remington 02/02/04 12:54 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould Buffalo Shrdlu 02/02/04 01:48 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould AnnaStrophic 02/02/04 01:56 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould tsuwm 02/02/04 02:34 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould Faldage 02/02/04 02:39 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould dxb 02/02/04 03:09 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould hibernicus 02/02/04 05:25 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould hibernicus 02/02/04 05:26 PM 'British'?? Jenet 02/02/04 05:42 PM Re: 'British'?? Jackie 02/02/04 06:07 PM Re: 'British'?? Faldage 02/02/04 06:12 PM Re: 'British'?? hibernicus 02/02/04 06:48 PM Re: 'British'?? AnnaStrophic 02/02/04 07:57 PM Re: 'British'?? tsuwm 02/02/04 08:10 PM Re: 'British'?? Zed 02/02/04 08:32 PM Re: 'British'?? Capfka 02/02/04 08:40 PM Re: 'British'?? wwh 02/02/04 09:21 PM Re: 'British'?? dxb 02/03/04 10:59 AM Re: 'British'?? Father Steve 02/03/04 12:37 AM Re: 'British'?? hibernicus 02/03/04 09:30 AM Re: 'British'?? consuelo 02/03/04 10:57 AM Re: 'British'?? Faldage 02/03/04 11:00 AM Re: 'British'?? stales 02/02/04 11:33 PM Re: 'British'?? consuelo 02/02/04 11:57 PM Re: 'British'?? Father Steve 02/03/04 12:34 AM shone gift horse 02/02/04 10:05 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould sjmaxq 02/02/04 10:49 PM Re: Sun shone like Gould Faldage 02/03/04 01:19 AM Re: Sun shone like Gould TEd Remington 02/04/04 08:09 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,334 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 752 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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